WELCOME! Join Carter the Great as he matches wits with the Devil in a card game! Learn more about Glen David Gold's book, Carter Beats The Devil. In this game you will help Charles Carter--a.k.a. "Carter the Great"-- a young performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini conjure up a masterful trick! America in the 1920's is a nation obsessed with magic. Not just the kind performed in theaters and on stages across the country, but the magic of technology, science, and prosperity. Enter Charles Carter--a.k.a. Carter the Great--a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. Fueled by a passion for magic that grew out of desperation and loneliness, Carter has become a legend in his own time. Filled with historical references that evoke the excesses and exuberance of the Roaring 20's pre-Depression America, Carter Beats the Devil is a complex and illuminating story of one man's journey through a magical--and sometimes dangerous--world, where illusion is everything. It is an amazing, richly evocative novel of magic and history in the tradition of E.L. Doctorow and Caleb Carr. This is a Flash Website. PLAY THE GAME   |  GET FLASH